Federated Equity Correlations

FDERX Fund  USD 21.09  0.07  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between Federated Equity Income and Locorr Market Trend is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Federated Equity is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Federated Equity Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Federated Equity Income and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Federated Equity Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Federated Equity Income. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in poverty.

Moving together with Federated Mutual Fund

  0.85FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.82PIEFX Pnc Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.8FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.61QALGX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.86FHBRX Federated High IncomePairCorr
  0.74ICBRX Federated Hermes IntPairCorr
  0.81FHCOX Federated Hermes ConPairCorr
  0.89FHESX Federated Hermes Sdg Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.89FHERX Federated Hermes Sdg Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.83FHTIX Federated High YieldPairCorr
  0.83IVFIX Federated InternationalPairCorr
  0.87FMDCX Federated Mid CapPairCorr
  0.86FMUAX Federated Muni AndPairCorr
  0.97LFEIX Federated Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.88VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.93AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.93WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.8WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.91FWWMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.91FWMMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.86DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.9AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.73VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.73VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.73VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.71VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.71VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.72VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.89VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.89VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.89VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.71VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.84HFACX Henderson StrategicPairCorr
  0.88STIAX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.85IMLAX Transamerica AssetPairCorr
  0.94RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr

Moving against Federated Mutual Fund

  0.91PIGDX Pnc International GrowthPairCorr
  0.62AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Federated Mutual Fund performing well and Federated Equity Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Federated Equity's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.